It didn’t take long for The Rural Alberta Advantage to climb the rungs and become one of my favorite bands around. Their first album, Hometowns, is one that still continues to get a lot of airtime on my iPod. They’re coming back to Schuba’s Tavern on Monday night, their first time at the venue since August of 2010. I was fortunate enough to get a chunk of time to talk to them while their opener The Wooden Sky was on stage. Here for you is that interview in its entirety:

And here is a song we recorded at the show while standing right next to the drum set: